Like "Sea King", the reason is simple and rude: "good-looking". I felt the long-lost visual enjoyment from it.
First of all, before Aquaman, I had never seen such a long (80% of the story takes place underwater) and such good water effects.
Water special effects are recognized as difficult to do, so the main creative team used a combination of real shooting (including real underwater shooting, lighting, exposure, etc.) and computer 3D animation to make the underwater environment as realistic as possible; in addition, a lot of water The next shot was actually shot in a dry environment, which brought many problems. For example, the actor's hair was different in the two states, so everyone's hair had to be CG rendered in order to be close to the suspended state under water. , which means there is a lot of footage to process. So, while Aquaman doesn't use breakthrough technology like Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (1999) and Avatar (2009), it still uses a flexible mix of technology and extreme detailing Build the perfect underwater world.
Secondly, Wen Ziren, as a director who is good at horror movies, also has many private goods in the movies. For example, the book under the crystal ball at the title is "The Dunwich Horror" by H.P. Lovecraft, the originator of the horror novel genre "Cthulhu Mythos".
Lovecraft's work always implies that what awaits us is an endless darkness that we cannot explore, otherwise it is a tragic fate. Those who seek it often become monsters themselves, or become insane. He pointed out in "Supernatural Horror in Literature": "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear; and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown."
The deep sea is an unknown place, where Wen Ziren applies Lovecraft's theory to the fullest. The abyss and ferocious residents of the Trench Country, as well as the multi-tentacled sea monster Klassen, who guards the trident, are quite Cthulhu-style; and the scene of the Trench Country residents chasing Neptune and Mera has the ultimate Cthulhu's strange beauty.
Third, the action war scenes in this film are also unique. First of all, the rhythm of the martial arts scenes is very good, and the small climax is connected with the big climax, which fully mobilizes the audience's emotions; secondly, the action scenes are the pursuit of the small town in Sicily, and Wen Ziren's movement in "Fast and Furious 7" The mirror reproduces the rivers and lakes, and the long shots bring an extremely pleasant viewing experience; finally, the war scene is the most climax of the whole film. The battle of salt water is simply a Star Wars under the sea. The greatest undersea battle of all time is no exaggeration. "Avatar 2" is also said to have a large number of underwater shots, and it can be said that it already has a strong competitor in this regard.
Of course, apart from the visual effects, the movie is not perfect in terms of plot and character design. Routine plots and simplification of characters are not faults, but they also tend to make the movie mediocre. Fortunately, a few battles have served the audience too comfortably, so these problems are not so obvious.
Finally, let's talk about the world view of "Sea King". "Aquaman" undoubtedly adds originality to the comics, such as the shaping of the seven kingdoms. But based on these settings alone, or some similar pictures, the world view of "Aquaman" cannot be compared with the world view of "Lord of the Rings", "Star Wars", and "Avatar". The latter three excavate elements such as biology, culture, and history more deeply, and there are many three-dimensional characters that may extend their own stories. And "Sea King", which belongs to a larger universe, seems to be difficult to get more opportunities to tell its own worldview even in the future.
But even so, "Aquaman" may still be the most commercially successful film of DC comics since "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight" in 2012, which is not for the current DCEU who "seeks no merit, but no fault". That said, it's almost overdone the task. Now, the DCEU has identified at least the routes of the two heroes, and whether they can identify the two that everyone wants to see next depends on fortune.
I feel rather hung up anyway.
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